Plant geneticist Lauren Brzozowski is spearheading trials aimed at preventing Kentucky’s hillsides from eroding while providing growers with a new crop to sell.
Through a century of serving Kentuckians, the Research and Extension Center at Princeton (UKREC) has built a vital relationship with the community that is beneficial and meaningful for all involved.
A study by researchers at UK’s Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment shows that small-scale wetlands can help clean up a mix of farm runoff, personal care products and other harmful chemicals.
Walking tours of Robin Ridge Farms included stops to highlight their conservation practices, including gateway protection, drainageway shaping and seeding, fencing, feed pad/bale grazing and stream fencing.
UK's Horticulture Research Farm winery allows Jeff Wheeler to give students a hands-on, agriculture-focused window into enology and why the study of wine is so important.
UK's Alison Gustafson is forming partnerships across campus and in communities throughout the Commonwealth to address food insecurity and its impact on the health of Kentuckians.
